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100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China

August 24, 2023

Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China were held on 10 October 2011, on the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. It was celebrated in both mainland China and Taiwan, ruled by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) respectively, but the connotation and significance of the celebrations varied between the two.

100th anniversary of the Republic of China
100th Xinhai Revolution anniversary celebration in Taiwan as national day
Date10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)
Also known as中華民國100年國慶
WebsiteROC Centenary Foundation

Background

On 10 October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising was launched as part of the Xinhai Revolution to overthrow the Manchu-led Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. This ended over 2,000 years of imperial rule and the Chinese monarchy.[1] Since the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1912, the revolution has been celebrated on Double Ten Day. Towards the end of the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalist Kuomintang relocated to island of Taiwan, formerly a Qing prefecture that was ceded to Japan from 1895 to 1945, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 on the mainland. In the PRC, 10 October is not formally considered the National Day, as it usually celebrates its own national day on 1 October.[2]

Celebration

 
Military display at the street parades. A sample of UAV.

Taiwan

On New Year's Eve 2011, a large celebration took place at Keelung River.[3] About 850,000 people celebrated at Xinyi District including NT$60 million worth of fireworks.[4]

The official Double Ten Day ceremony began on the morning of 10 October 2011 when a flag raising ceremony was held. Subsequent activities followed, including a military parade involving more than 1,000 military personnel, 71 aircraft and 168 vehicles.[5] The personnel number is however much smaller than celebrations in the past. The slogan of the ceremony is "Republic of China, Splendid 100" (中華民國，精彩一百).[6]

President Ma Ying-jeou made a National Day address to the nation.[5] He urged Beijing to pursue democracy and "face the existence of the Republic of China".[7] Over 50 delegations and 1,500 distinguished guests representing ROC's diplomatic allies visited Taiwan during the celebration.[8] Many notables including US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus were in attendance.[8] Japan sent a delegation with record setting numbers.[8]

There were also 5634 people who reportedly married exactly on the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution, at 10 minutes to 10 am on 10 October.[9] This is double 2010 and 18 times more than the average day.[9]

Mainland China

The 100th anniversary ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.[10] The event was attended by all nine members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee of the Central Committee. The event was attended by CCP general secretary Hu Jintao as well as former leader Jiang Zemin.[10] Hu gave a 20-minute speech that emphasized Chinese unification. The ceremony then lasted 40 minutes featuring a giant portrait of Sun Yat-sen supported by 10 PRC flags.[10]

In Wuhan the government officials spent 43 million yuan in restoring three 1911 heritage sites,[11] but they were careful in not letting the celebration outshine the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party that took place in July.[11] In addition, from 27 August to 10 October, Wuhan's security forces were supported with thousands of officers including 100 paramilitary police and 200 special police armed with submachine guns on street duty with 250,000 surveillance cameras.[12] The celebration is referred to as "100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution".[13] Since January 2011 Guangzhou held its own celebrations to commemorate the Guangzhou uprisings.[14] At the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History separate celebrations were held in October 2011.[14] In the PRC, the event is generally not referred to as the "100th anniversary of the Republic of China", but as the "100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution".

Culture

In 2010, one of the main anniversary events was to make a film on the life of Sun Yat-sen shot in places where he lived and worked, including Britain, Singapore, Japan and Hawaii. The government provided NT$20 million for the film.[3] Movies such as 1911 were also made for the 100th anniversary. The Discovery Channel and the ROC aligned for a three-part special show.[15] In Macau, a tour of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary trail was launched for the 100th anniversary.[16] Hong Kong Post also launched Centenary Xinhai Revolution stamps.[17]

Additional responses

Taiwan green-camp and aboriginal responses

Keynotes made by Hu Jintao were interpreted by members of the Taiwan independence movement as exploiting the image of Sun Yat-sen to intensify measures against the movement.[18] Taiwan aboriginal rights activists of the Sediq National Assembly who represent the Atayal people announced a headhunt against the ROC government.[19] The headhunts usually get rid of evil spirits.[20] The activists compared the ROC government to the Japanese colonial government that preceded it which took their people's land and resources. The Indigeonous People's Coalition said there is nothing to celebrate as the aboriginals have suffered under the government.[19] They performed their own mgaya ceremony.[19] Some have said the ROC government is a "Chinese government in exile" and should be out of Taiwan.[5] But Pan-green DPP candidate Tsai Ing-wen famously said "The ROC is Taiwan, Taiwan is the ROC" for the first time in her career.[21]

Bans and censorships

In April 2011 an inter-university debate related to Sun Yat-sen was supposed to be hosted by the Beijing Institute of Technology.[22] But it was banned by the University's Communist Youth League.[22] The Dr. Sun opera about a love story between Soong Ching-ling and Sun was supposed to have a world premiere at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing on 30 September.[22] It was canceled for "logistics reasons".[22]

Controversy

Principles

Criticism was in particular directed at the PRC, saying that the government spend more money on its poor, sick and elderly instead on the anniversary celebration.[22] Activist Wang Dan criticized the PRC government's celebration of democracy as "ironic".[1]

Song issues

During the PRC ceremony in the Great Hall of the People, only the national anthem of the People's Republic of China was played.[10] A similar case occurred in Hong Kong during TVB's "Variety show Commemorating the Centenary of the 1911 Revolution" (百年辛亥 中華總商會111週年文藝匯演), where the PRC national anthem (which was the anthem of the Nationalist Army's 200th Division) was played in lieu of the ROC anthem.

In ROC, for the preparation of the anniversary, new songs were made and chosen to commemorate the founding of the ROC. One of the requirements was that the composer be an ROC citizen.[23] But according to legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) the songs available for voting may not have been from ROC citizens as the evaluation was sloppy.[23]

Slogan issues

The original slogan for the Pan-Blue camp was "Republic of China, Founded 100 Years" (中華民國，建國一百), but was later changed to "Republic of China, Splendid 100" (中華民國，精彩一百). The words meaning "building country" (建國) were replaced with "splendid" (精彩).[6][24]

"Republic of China" title

In 2009, amid planning for the celebrations, Beijing suggested that the PRC and ROC hold joint centennial celebrations, on the condition that the term "Republic of China" would not be used. President Ma Ying-jeou rejected the idea.[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "China, Taiwan mark century since uprising". USA Today. 10 October 1911. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. ^ 雙十節是？ 陸民眾：「國民黨」國慶 10 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Tvbs.com.tw. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b South China morning post. 5 December 2010. One big party for Sun worshippers.
  4. ^ "Cna English News". Focustaiwan.tw. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Sui, Cindy (10 October 2011). "BBC News – Legacy debate as Republic of China marks 100 years". BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b "ROC centennial committee laments media controversy". Taipei Times. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  7. ^ South China morning post. 11 October 2011. 'Accept history' Taiwan's Ma urges Beijing.
  8. ^ a b c . Taiwan today. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  9. ^ a b "世界新聞網-北美華文新聞、華商資訊 – 百年雙十 5634對新人 步紅毯". Worldjournal.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d South China morning post. Hu makes case for reunification. 10 October 2011.
  11. ^ a b South China morning post. 9 October 2011. Cradle of revolt hoping to cash in.
  12. ^ "Fear of Dragons". The New York Times. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Exhibition to commemorate 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution opens in Taipei_XINHUANET". News.xinhuanet.com. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  14. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  15. ^ . taiwantoday.tw. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  16. ^ . Chinaholidays.com. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  17. ^ . Stamp Collecting Information. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  18. ^ South China morning post. 10 October 2011. Island media accused leader of using Sun for own goals.
  19. ^ a b c "Aborigines plan to hold symbolic 'headhunt' of ROC". Taipei Times. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  20. ^ "Aborigines hold headhunt in Taipei to rid evil spirits". Taipei Times. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  21. ^ Agence France-Presse 10 October 2011 04:01 PM. . Taiwannews.com.tw. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  22. ^ a b c d e South China morning post. 10 October 2011. Shaping history.
  23. ^ a b "20110326 ROC songs may come from China". Taiwantt.org.tw. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  24. ^ World Wild Web 0 (10 October 1911). "Lung Ying-tai: 1911 Anniversary 'Awkward' for China – Taiwan News Online". Taiwannews.com.tw. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  25. ^ . Atimes.com. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China were held on 10 October 2011 on the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution It was celebrated in both mainland China and Taiwan ruled by the People s Republic of China PRC and the Republic of China ROC respectively but the connotation and significance of the celebrations varied between the two 100th anniversary of the Republic of China100th Xinhai Revolution anniversary celebration in Taiwan as national dayDate10 October 2011 2011 10 10 Also known as中華民國100年國慶WebsiteROC Centenary Foundation Contents 1 Background 2 Celebration 2 1 Taiwan 2 2 Mainland China 3 Culture 4 Additional responses 4 1 Taiwan green camp and aboriginal responses 4 2 Bans and censorships 5 Controversy 5 1 Principles 5 2 Song issues 5 3 Slogan issues 5 4 Republic of China title 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBackground EditOn 10 October 1911 the Wuchang Uprising was launched as part of the Xinhai Revolution to overthrow the Manchu led Qing the last Chinese dynasty This ended over 2 000 years of imperial rule and the Chinese monarchy 1 Since the establishment of the Republic of China ROC in 1912 the revolution has been celebrated on Double Ten Day Towards the end of the Chinese Civil War the Nationalist Kuomintang relocated to island of Taiwan formerly a Qing prefecture that was ceded to Japan from 1895 to 1945 and the Chinese Communist Party CCP established the People s Republic of China PRC in 1949 on the mainland In the PRC 10 October is not formally considered the National Day as it usually celebrates its own national day on 1 October 2 Celebration Edit Military display at the street parades A sample of UAV Taiwan Edit On New Year s Eve 2011 a large celebration took place at Keelung River 3 About 850 000 people celebrated at Xinyi District including NT 60 million worth of fireworks 4 The official Double Ten Day ceremony began on the morning of 10 October 2011 when a flag raising ceremony was held Subsequent activities followed including a military parade involving more than 1 000 military personnel 71 aircraft and 168 vehicles 5 The personnel number is however much smaller than celebrations in the past The slogan of the ceremony is Republic of China Splendid 100 中華民國 精彩一百 6 President Ma Ying jeou made a National Day address to the nation 5 He urged Beijing to pursue democracy and face the existence of the Republic of China 7 Over 50 delegations and 1 500 distinguished guests representing ROC s diplomatic allies visited Taiwan during the celebration 8 Many notables including US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus were in attendance 8 Japan sent a delegation with record setting numbers 8 There were also 5634 people who reportedly married exactly on the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution at 10 minutes to 10 am on 10 October 9 This is double 2010 and 18 times more than the average day 9 Mainland China Edit The 100th anniversary ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 10 The event was attended by all nine members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee of the Central Committee The event was attended by CCP general secretary Hu Jintao as well as former leader Jiang Zemin 10 Hu gave a 20 minute speech that emphasized Chinese unification The ceremony then lasted 40 minutes featuring a giant portrait of Sun Yat sen supported by 10 PRC flags 10 In Wuhan the government officials spent 43 million yuan in restoring three 1911 heritage sites 11 but they were careful in not letting the celebration outshine the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party that took place in July 11 In addition from 27 August to 10 October Wuhan s security forces were supported with thousands of officers including 100 paramilitary police and 200 special police armed with submachine guns on street duty with 250 000 surveillance cameras 12 The celebration is referred to as 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution 13 Since January 2011 Guangzhou held its own celebrations to commemorate the Guangzhou uprisings 14 At the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History separate celebrations were held in October 2011 14 In the PRC the event is generally not referred to as the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China but as the 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution Culture EditIn 2010 one of the main anniversary events was to make a film on the life of Sun Yat sen shot in places where he lived and worked including Britain Singapore Japan and Hawaii The government provided NT 20 million for the film 3 Movies such as 1911 were also made for the 100th anniversary The Discovery Channel and the ROC aligned for a three part special show 15 In Macau a tour of Sun Yat sen s revolutionary trail was launched for the 100th anniversary 16 Hong Kong Post also launched Centenary Xinhai Revolution stamps 17 Additional responses EditTaiwan green camp and aboriginal responses Edit Keynotes made by Hu Jintao were interpreted by members of the Taiwan independence movement as exploiting the image of Sun Yat sen to intensify measures against the movement 18 Taiwan aboriginal rights activists of the Sediq National Assembly who represent the Atayal people announced a headhunt against the ROC government 19 The headhunts usually get rid of evil spirits 20 The activists compared the ROC government to the Japanese colonial government that preceded it which took their people s land and resources The Indigeonous People s Coalition said there is nothing to celebrate as the aboriginals have suffered under the government 19 They performed their own mgaya ceremony 19 Some have said the ROC government is a Chinese government in exile and should be out of Taiwan 5 But Pan green DPP candidate Tsai Ing wen famously said The ROC is Taiwan Taiwan is the ROC for the first time in her career 21 Bans and censorships Edit In April 2011 an inter university debate related to Sun Yat sen was supposed to be hosted by the Beijing Institute of Technology 22 But it was banned by the University s Communist Youth League 22 The Dr Sun opera about a love story between Soong Ching ling and Sun was supposed to have a world premiere at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing on 30 September 22 It was canceled for logistics reasons 22 Controversy EditPrinciples Edit Criticism was in particular directed at the PRC saying that the government spend more money on its poor sick and elderly instead on the anniversary celebration 22 Activist Wang Dan criticized the PRC government s celebration of democracy as ironic 1 Song issues Edit During the PRC ceremony in the Great Hall of the People only the national anthem of the People s Republic of China was played 10 A similar case occurred in Hong Kong during TVB s Variety show Commemorating the Centenary of the 1911 Revolution 百年辛亥 中華總商會111週年文藝匯演 where the PRC national anthem which was the anthem of the Nationalist Army s 200th Division was played in lieu of the ROC anthem In ROC for the preparation of the anniversary new songs were made and chosen to commemorate the founding of the ROC One of the requirements was that the composer be an ROC citizen 23 But according to legislator Chen Ting fei 陳亭妃 the songs available for voting may not have been from ROC citizens as the evaluation was sloppy 23 Slogan issues Edit The original slogan for the Pan Blue camp was Republic of China Founded 100 Years 中華民國 建國一百 but was later changed to Republic of China Splendid 100 中華民國 精彩一百 The words meaning building country 建國 were replaced with splendid 精彩 6 24 Republic of China title Edit In 2009 amid planning for the celebrations Beijing suggested that the PRC and ROC hold joint centennial celebrations on the condition that the term Republic of China would not be used President Ma Ying jeou rejected the idea 25 See also Edit60th anniversary of the People s Republic of ChinaReferences Edit a b China Taiwan mark century since uprising USA Today 10 October 1911 Retrieved 12 October 2011 雙十節是 陸民眾 國民黨 國慶 Archived 10 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Tvbs com tw Retrieved 8 October 2011 a b South China morning post 5 December 2010 One big party for Sun worshippers Cna English News Focustaiwan tw 1 January 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2011 a b c Sui Cindy 10 October 2011 BBC News Legacy debate as Republic of China marks 100 years BBC News Retrieved 12 October 2011 a b ROC centennial committee laments media controversy Taipei Times 5 October 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2011 South China morning post 11 October 2011 Accept history Taiwan s Ma urges Beijing a b c Record numbers attend National Day celebrations Taiwan today 5 October 2011 Archived from the original on 12 November 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2011 a b 世界新聞網 北美華文新聞 華商資訊 百年雙十 5634對新人 步紅毯 Worldjournal com Archived from the original on 10 February 2013 Retrieved 12 October 2011 a b c d South China morning post Hu makes case for reunification 10 October 2011 a b South China morning post 9 October 2011 Cradle of revolt hoping to cash in Fear of Dragons The New York Times 11 October 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2011 Exhibition to commemorate 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution opens in Taipei XINHUANET News xinhuanet com 8 October 2011 Archived from the original on 12 July 2012 Retrieved 12 October 2011 a b 纪念辛亥革命100周年系列活动新闻发布会在广东咨议局旧址举行广东革命历史博物馆 Archived from the original on 10 October 2011 Retrieved 21 November 2011 Discovery Channel celebrates ROC centennial taiwantoday tw 28 September 2011 Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 Retrieved 7 November 2011 Tour of Sun Yat Sen s Trail launched in Macao to commemorate Xinhai Revolution China Travel News Latest News About Travel in China Chinaholidays com 12 September 2011 Archived from the original on 25 April 2012 Retrieved 12 October 2011 Hong Kong Stamps Commemorate Centenary of Xinhai Revolution Stamp Collecting Information Archived from the original on 27 September 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2011 South 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